It was fascinating to hear one of the local radio presenters, reading out the long lists of school closures earlier this week consistently pronounce the name of Fairfield Endowed School as if it were Endowèd. I cannot remember ever hearing anyone local use this poetic Elizabethan pronunciation before.
I don't think he does this with other words however.
Perhaps he just saw 'wed' and pronounced that. Wed is still commonly used to mean marriage round here as in I am getting wed next week. And I can remember the olden days, when young women might often be asked Are you wed yet?
